| AEQUORIN | • aequorin n. (Biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed… • AEQUORIN n. a protein secreted by jellyfish. |
| ALIQUOTS | • aliquots n. Plural of aliquot. • ALIQUOT n. (Latin) a number that divides into another without leaving a remainder. |
| AQUILONS | • AQUILON n. (Shakespeare) the north wind. |
| CONQUIAN | • conquian n. (Card games) A card game, an ancestor of rummy. • CONQUIAN n. a card game resembling rummy, also COONCAN. |
| COQUILLA | • coquilla n. The nut of the Brazilian palm Attalea funifera. • COQUILLA n. (Spanish) the nut of the piassava palm, whose mottled dark brown endosperm is used by button-makers and turners. |
| COQUINAS | • coquinas n. Plural of coquina. • COQUINA n. (Spanish) a coarse-grained, porous variety of clastic limestone made up chiefly of shells and shell fragments. |
| EQUATION | • equation n. The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical). • equation n. (Mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions… • equation n. (Astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation. |
| KAMOTIQS | • KAMOTIQ n. (Inuit) a sled with wooden runners, also COMATIK, KAMOTIK, KOMATIK, QAMUTIK. |
| MAROQUIN | • maroquin n. (Somewhat dated) leather made from goatskin. • MAROQUIN n. (Spanish) goat leather, morocco leather, also MAROCAIN. |
| NARQUOIS | • NARQUOIS adj. (French) mocking; malicious. |
| ODALIQUE | • odalique n. Archaic form of odalisque. • ODALIQUE n. (French) a female slave; a concubine in a harem, also ODALISK, ODALISQUE. |
| OPAQUING | • opaquing v. Present participle of opaque. • OPAQUE v. to make opaque. |
| QUARRION | • quarrion n. A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus. • QUARRION n. (Native Australian) a kind of cockatiel, also QUARRIAN. |
| SEQUOIAS | • sequoias n. Plural of sequoia. • SEQUOIA n. any of a genus of coniferous trees, attaining an immense size. |
| SQUALOID | • squaloid adj. Characteristic of a shark or dogfish. • squaloid n. Any dogfish (family Squalidae). • SQUALOID adj. like a shark. |
| TOQUILLA | • toquilla n. The Panama hat palm. • TOQUILLA n. (Spanish) a South American palmlike tree; a fibre obtained from its leaves. |